Hi r/languagelearning! I've been lurking here for a little bit, but I wanted to get some advice on my current plan for becoming conversational in 5 languages before I graduate high school:
- English, my first language (fluent ✅)
- Russian, my second language
- Currently keeping a daily diary in Russian and listening to some Russian podcasts/poetry on Spotify
- Reading Chelkash by Maxim Gorky
- I can understand/read much more than I can write/speak
- Spanish, my third language
- Finished AP Spanish a year ago, studied it for 5 years in school
- Reading a copy of Orwell's 1984 in Spanish, setting the NYT to Spanish mode when I read the news
- Farsi, my fourth language
- My grandfather speaks it, but I currently don't know much beyond the basics
- Creating a table of common phrases to study
- Learning basic present vs. past tense for phrases like "I want" / "I wanted"
- French, my fifth language
- Creating a table of basic phrases to study
- Reading French poetry side-by-side with the English translation, then listening to readings in French
- Many of the word roots are very similar to ones I know, so I feel like I can usually get the gist of written French passages
Has anyone had experience with Duolingo, and has it been helpful? Does anyone have good resources for getting to a solid level where you can hold basic conversations? Thank you so much!
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